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Lufthansa Technik rolls out fully renovated 1957 Lockheed Starliner in Hamburg

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The re-assembly process in the hangar in Hamburg was always destined to be a painstaking and lengthy process. The larger of the aircraft components, including the fuselage sections, wings, and the types iconic triple tail structure arrived at Lufthansa Technik in October 2023 accompanied by 292 crates of smaller parts.

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Rebirth of FG-1D Corsair 92460

Vintage Aviation News

Though not quite finished, she is on display, warm and cared for in the museums hangar. It just so happened that 92460 was available, so a deal was made and the center section was sent to Texas along with the tail cone. The newly painted rudder and horizontals now re-installed on 92460. Enter two angels; Jack and Jo Brinkerhoff.

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Lufthansa Celebrates The Roll-Out of Lockheed L-1649A “Super Star”

Vintage Aviation News

Shortly after, the largely restored aircraft was shipped from the USA to Germany and stored in a hangar in Bremen. Lufthansa Technik) ( www.digroaero.com ) Today, Lufthansa Technik has completed the extensive assembly of the Lockheed L-1649A and rolled it out to a large hangar in Hamburg.

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Game On!

Plane and Pilot

She walked me through the foyer to the spotless, freshly painted hangar. The GameBird is right at home on the grass, pavement, or TacAeros clean hangar. As I adjusted the rudder pedals to my 5-foot-4 frame, Waghorn ran through a few last-minute details before climbing up the wing to the front passenger seat. Sounds good.

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The Albree Pigeon-Fraser: The First American Fighter

Vintage Aviation News

But the most radical feature of the Pigeon-Fraser was Albree’s all-moving tail design. 9” on its rudder. Albree would consider this design to be his “make or break” aircraft to validate his theory for the Flying Tail design he and Roscoe P. serial numbers 116 and 117, with U.S.

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A Taylorcraft Reunion

Plane and Pilot

The familiar yellow Taylorcraft is parked by a galvanized corrugated steel roof shed-style hangar. With the airplane up on blocks and tied down in the hangar, I sent Andrew a photo. In addition to repairing the left gear leg, the right gear and rudder were removed for recovering. How often do you fly her?

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. “Very little,” the gunner reported.